There were so few LGBT characters on 90's televisn. But that didn't stop gay kids om hopg that some of the straight on were secretly queer too.
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'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay. * gay tv characters in the 90s *
To celebrate this tone queer visibily, we looked back over the past three s and round up the 30 most inic LGBTQ characters TV history, om loveable gay uple Mchell and Cameron to trans trailblazers like Sophia Burset.
The gayt s of the may not have been 'Ellen' or 'Will & Grace.' * gay tv characters in the 90s *
Disney Channel seri Andi Mack ma history last year when featured s first ever openly gay character on the work. Ellen – and her character – me out as gay durg the fourth season of her self-tled s.
After the episo aired, the show was renewed for one more season but was subsequently ncelled for beg “too gay”. Even though Jack McFarland’s character has received a mixed receptn for perpetuatg gay stereotyp, he’s one of the longt nng and most inic queer characters on televisn, appearg ten seasons and 188 episos of Will & Grace to date. He was the first gay man to kiss another man on work TV, and was one of the only ma gay characters on our screens the 90s.
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Mark Inlito has gone on rerd to say that he received a lot of fan mail for his portrayal, wh young gay kids ‘thankg’ him bee they’d never seen themselv reprented on televisn before. Bee he’s gay, he’s often unrtimated by other characters, pecially men. Seth MacFarlane origally outled an episo which the fan-favoure character me out, but he scrapped , but later admted that Stewie is “almost certaly gay”.
He’s unniably one of the most popular gay characters TV history, and showed dienc that gay people uld be multi-faceted. Tara’s ath the show’s sixth cycle led to wispread backlash among fans, who acced creator Joss Whedon of beg homophobic (so stupid). Xena wasn’t explicly gay.
In an terview wh Lbian News magaze, Lucy Lawls said their relatnship was ‘fely gay’. Buy the latt issue of Gay Tim.